FAO Ceres medal and trefoil
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1978.NFK.01-04- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides
1978.NFK.01· piece 4 of 4 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Norfolk Island (NFK)- Year / date
- 1978-02-22
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 45 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Designer
- Adele Davidson
- Printer
- Walsall Security Printers Ltd.
- Process
- Offset lithography
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Die-cut
- Size
- 58 x 55 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 978.7
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NF 228
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NF 211
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NF 207
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NF 206
Notes
Die-cut in the outline of Norfolk Island on a square backing. Inscribed NORFOLK ISLAND, 50 YEARS OF GUIDING 1928–1978, 45 c POSTAGE. Pale green island outline. FAO Ceres medal inscribed CERES and FAO ROME, lettered LADY BADEN-POWELL, beside a Guide trefoil. Offset lithography, self-adhesive, 58 × 55 mm; backing rouletted 20.
Series history
Norfolk Island issued four self-adhesive commemoratives on 22 February 1978 for fifty years of Guiding there, 1928–1978. Adele Davidson designed the set. Walsall Security Printers lithographed it. Each stamp is die-cut in the outline of the island on a square backing, 58 × 55 mm, rouletted 20 between the squares, in panes of 20. The peelable backing carries a green multiple-pine pattern and a tourist inscription.
Every stamp is lettered NORFOLK ISLAND and 50 YEARS OF GUIDING 1928–1978.
The 18 cents, on a pale blue island, shows the World Flag of the Girl Guides — a blue flag with a gold trefoil, lettered WORLD FLAG — and a globe marking Norfolk Island in the Pacific.
The 25 cents, on a yellow island, shows the Norfolk Island scarf badge — pines and a boat in a circle, lettered SCARF BADGE — beside a Guide trefoil.
The 35 cents, on a green island, shows Queen Elizabeth II in profile facing right, lettered Patron QUEEN ELIZABETH II, beside a Guide trefoil.
The 45 cents, on a pale green island, shows the FAO Ceres medal inscribed CERES and FAO ROME, lettered LADY BADEN-POWELL, beside a Guide trefoil.
